def doAuthentification():
    global expDate
    global enableCoolFeatures
    failedConnecting = False
    try:
        connectString = (
        "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};"
        "SERVER=auth.server.ip;"
        "PORT=3306;"
        "DATABASE=authdatabase;"
        "USER=authuser;"
        "PASSWORD=authpass;"
        "OPTION=3;"
        )
        query = "SELECT * FROM authtable"
        connection = OdbcConnection(connectString)
        adaptor = OdbcDataAdapter(query, connection)
        dataSet = DataSet()
        connection.Open()
        adaptor.Fill(dataSet)
        rows = []
        for row in dataSet.Tables[0].Rows:
            rows.append(list(row))
    except:
        if failedConnecting==False:
            failedConnecting = True
    if failedConnecting == False:
        licensedUser = ""
        try:
            for _row in rows:
                userFound = ((Player._Tools.UserMatch([str(_row[1])]) == True) |  (str(_row[1])=="Demo"))
                if userFound:
                    if expDate < DateTime.SpecifyKind(_row[2],DateTimeKind.Utc).ToLocalTime():
                        expDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(_row[2],DateTimeKind.Utc).ToLocalTime()
                        licensedUser = str(_row[1])
            connection.Close()
        except:
            pass
        localDate = DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.Now,DateTimeKind.Local)
        if localDate<=expDate:
            if enableCoolFeatures == False:
                enableCoolFeatures = True
                Player._Tools.Log("license issued to "+licensedUser)
        else:
            enableCoolFeatures = False